I've been working on a reference question for several days now. I know that makes me sound like some kind of slacker who can't answer a simple question, but the question is complicated.
Basically, I'm helping the marketing department put together lists of contacts to talk to about a new publication the company has put out (you may have seen the article in USAToday, how cool is that!). This means, in a sense, creating a database for the marketing director to use. So I've been digging up all the contact info--a generally long and tedious proccess, that often puts my searching skills to the test!
Can I just say how much Hoover's has saved me on this. They have about 1/3 of everything I need. It's all right there, and easy to look up, and neatly presented. I can narrow business by location, and I've memorized all my industry SIC codes. They even have the names of most of the people I want to contact directly, which is incredibly helpful.
Now if only they had a similar service for high school guidance offices by state. Then I could do the remaining 2/3 of this project just as easily!
In completely unrelated news, I'm going to look at apartments after work today. After living in campus housing for the past two months, I want my own place again so badly!
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